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National Programs

Citizen Action AmeriCorps Program
The Citizen Action AmeriCorps Program works to strengthen communities by creating and managing service projects, mobilizing and engaging new volunteers, cultivating community leaders and building the capacity of community based organizations. Working with a variety of community nonprofits, the Citizen Action AmeriCorps Program seeks to develop members with the skills and experience of service leadership, an understanding of how nonprofits and communities work, and the know-how to lead and affect change for a lifetime.

Strengthening Communities AmeriCorps*VISTA Initiative
Over three years, 75 VISTAs per year will serve in Volunteer Centers to recruit volunteers and develop organizational capacity for programs to meet community needs in four focus areas: Empowering Faith-Based and Grassroots Organizations, Asset Development and Wealth Creation, Strengthening Families, and Homeland Security: Emergency and Disaster.

AmeriCorps Alums
With an alumni base of 400,000 and growing, AmeriCorps Alums represents a diverse group of active citizens, spanning over ten years of service and hundreds of different programs. AmeriCorps alumni are bound together by a common commitment to service and a desire to participate as active members in their communities. With 55 local chapters and growing, AmeriCorps Alums provides an organizational structure that can serve as a catalyst for alumni to organize their efforts into productive community action.

To get involved in this important movement, please register on our website and please contact gheinrich@lifetimeofservice.org

Hands On Schools

www.HandsOnSchools.org

Family Strengthening and Neighborhood Transformation
With support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this initiative strengthens the networks in tough neighborhoods through volunteering so children and their families thrive.

Earned Income Tax Credit Initiative (EITC)
The Foundation is committed to supporting and improving the lives of children and families by engaging more volunteers more effectively in local EITC and Asset Development Initiatives. Learn about EITC, get involved in or start a local initiative, and share your effective practices.

Kids Care Clubs
Designed to develop compassion and the spirit of service and philanthropy in elementary and middle school aged youth. Visit www.KidsCare.org

FamilyCares
Provides resources for parents, teachers and community leaders who want to engage families in volunteer activities.

Disaster Preparedness
Learn more about Disaster Preparedness, Volunteering, and Volunteer Management. See how collaborative planning by disaster groups and other organizations can prevent a "disaster within the disaster."

Disability Outreach Offering Resources through Service (DOORS)
The DOORS Initiative engages adults with disabilities (with a focus on veterans) in service opportunities that will build the economic empowerment of individuals, families, and communities.

Points Of Light & Hands On Network National Technology Initiatives

Our technology initiatives support national recruitment efforts and volunteer management services for local organizations with an emphasis on our local affiliates. Points of Light & Hands On Network, as part of the merger, plan to develop a consolidated software platform for the effective recruitment and management of volunteers. Learn More>below content on a separate page

Our present capabilities include:

  • 1-800-Volunteer.org: Our national action website for volunteer matching which includes recruitment and management services for local organizations.
  • Hands On Technology (HOT): Web-based data management product for our affiliates which combines volunteer, event/project, and fundraising management capabilities.
  • 1-800-Volunteer (1-800-865-8683): Our national telephone response system which connects volunteers to local organizations and enables the efficient mobilization of volunteers during large scale disasters.

THE EXTRA MILE — Points of Light Volunteer Pathway
A tribute in honor of our country's greatest volunteers—those who have changed the world by going the extra mile for others. Visit www.extramile.us

MissionFish
MissionFish helps nonprofits raise money on eBay. Through an exclusive relationship with eBay Giving Works, this unique program makes it possible for eBay sellers to give some of the proceeds from items they sell to nonprofits. MissionFish provides the technology to make it possible, and the tools, tips and support to help organizations of every size turn online trading into a new revenue stream.

Seasons of Service
A portfolio of national opportunities for volunteering throughout the year.

Diversity Initiative
Through a grant from The Coca-Cola Company, Hands On Network’ Diversity Initiative focuses on educating and training affiliates to address diversity management issues in their organizations. Hands On Network partnered with the American Institute for Managing Diversity (AIMD) for strategic planning and training for this initiative. We have worked together to facilitate the Diversity Task Force and the three-day Diversity Leadership Institute, and to develop a Diversity Management Toolkit. Hands On Network facilitates ongoing support through training using the toolkit as the foundation for ongoing diversity work.

Citizen Academy
Citizen Academy programs help people: 1) critically examine and understand social issues; and 2) use their service, learning and leadership to impact those issues. Simply put, Citizen Academy programs improve people’s abilities to lead and work with others to strengthen their communities. Because they are being implemented across the nation (and world), specific program formats vary. Nonetheless, they typically focus on increasing understanding of social issues, teaching people how to get involved, developing leadership skills and demystifying the political process. Current program formats range from book clubs, conversation cafés and film screenings to board training and placement programs, TeamWorks (team-based service learning activities) and extended leadership development tracks.

Youth: Ready to Respond
Helps young people plan for and respond to the health, safety and security concerns associated with natural and man-made disasters through the development and implementation of local service-learning projects.
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